Refugee Survey Quarterly

Aims & Scope

The Refugee Survey Quarterly is a peer-reviewed, academic journal that focuses on the challenges of forced migration from multidisciplinary and policy-oriented perspectives.

Refugee Survey Quarterly provides a vehicle for wide-ranging analyses and exploration of forced migration related issues.

The RSQ also acts as an authoritative forum for the dissemination of ideas and expertise between the academic community, policy- and decision-makers, and practitioners.

Published four times a year, the RSQ publishes one thematic special issue each year, while the other three issues are open issues, publishing articles across a range of subjects and viewpoints.

The Editor invites submissions of articles from a broad range of disciplines, which might include international relations, politics, law, history, geography, sociology, anthropology, economics, development studies and migration studies.

Submitted articles can cover various areas from a policy and/or multidisciplinary perspective, including governance of migration, sociology of forced migration, the changing pattern and the historical evolution of the refugee regime or contemporary challenges of international protection, such as those raised by mixed migration, climate change, or post-conflict peace-building.

All papers are submitted to a rigorous blind peer review process in order to ensure the high quality of the RSQ.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	1.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.991

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	36

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4903

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	167

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Migration and Climate Change: An Overview

  Citation: 208

  Authors: E., A., P.

• From Resettlement to Involuntary Repatriation: Towards a Critical History of Durable Solutions to Refugee Problems

  Citation: 127

  Authors: B. S.

• Precarity in Exile: The Legal Status of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

  Citation: 116

  Authors: Maja

• Refugee Resettlement in Australia: What We Know and Need to Know

  Citation: 105

  Authors: F., L.

• The Concept of Internal Displacement and the Case for Internally Displaced Persons as a Category of Concern

  Citation: 96

  Authors: E.

• A Continuum of Violence? Linking Sexual and Gender-based Violence during Conflict, Flight, and Encampment

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Ulrike

• The Refugee Regime Complex

  Citation: 74

  Authors: A.

• Higher Education and Students from Refugee Backgrounds: A Meta-Scoping Study

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Georgina, Sally

• The Employment Integration of Resettled Refugees, Asylum Claimants, and Family Reunion Migrants in Sweden

  Citation: 70

  Authors: P.

• The New Wave: Forced Displacement Caused by Organized Crime in Central America and Mexico

  Citation: 67

  Authors: D. J.

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